CADO, 4AIR harmonize SAF registries for commercial, business aviation

The Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization and 4AIR announced July 22 a strategic collaboration between their respective sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) registries.

The collaboration’s key focus is on interoperability to enhance data integrity, mitigate double-issuance risks and facilitate efficient cross-registry SAF-certificate handling between commercial and business aviation.

The collaboration between the CADO SAF Registry and the Assure SAF Registry powered by 4AIR is a key step towards a fully functioning SAF market while safeguarding data integrity, according to 4AIR.

“Collaboration can leverage the strengths of each sector to tackle the challenge of decarbonizing the aviation industry more effectively,” said 4AIR President Kennedy Ricci.

“Alignment between commercial and business aviation sends a strong demand signal for more SAF, creates greater transparency, reduces integrity risks for the SAF value chain and eases the burden of claiming SAF under voluntary or regulatory schemes,” Ricci added.  

Michael Schneider, the executive director of CADO, said, “A unified approach from both business and commercial aviation is vital to create an environment that promotes SAF development and adoption across sectors. This can only be achieved when all registry providers work together and cooperate on the technical aspects of interoperability to ensure immutable tracking of emission reductions in a harmonized and standardized way. This should lead to greater acceptance and demand for SAF, potentially lowering the costs and administrative burden for procuring SAF and claiming its environmental attributes under voluntary or regulatory schemes.”

This collaboration with 4AIR follows the announcement of a similar collaboration agreement with 123Carbon to develop interoperability between SAF registries.

CADO was established in March to maintain and operate the IATA-developed SAF Registry.

It is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under Canadian Law with its headquarters in Montreal.

CADO’s founding member is the International Air Transport Association.

The CADO SAF Registry, originally developed by IATA, is now owned and operated by CADO.

IATA currently continues to provide ongoing technical and operational support for the SAF Registry.

The SAF Registry was developed in consultation with airlines, government authorities, original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs), fuel producers and suppliers, and corporate travel-management companies.

The SAF Registry is underpinned by the IATA SAF accounting and reporting methodology, which provides a consistent approach to accounting for the environmental benefits of SAF purchases, regardless of location.

Developed by 4AIR, the Assure SAF Registry is a blockchain-based platform designed to accelerate the adoption of sustainable fuels like SAF in business aviation.

It serves as an inventory-management tool and registry to support physical or book-and-claim transactions.

The registry fosters collaboration between fuel producers, distributors, airlines and operators.